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Roof slates safe in the wind?

  • 04-02-2010 07:37PM
    #1
    session savage
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 869 ✭✭✭


    Just hoping someone can put my mind at ease. I built a house on top of a hill and the wind up here is fierce. I'm slightly concerned about the slates on the roof. They are the manmade slates. How strong would the wind need to be to blow my slates away? Should I do anything to protect against the wind?
    Thanks for any help.


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  • #2
    kevcos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 220 ✭✭kevcos


    session savage wrote: »
    Just hoping someone can put my mind at ease. I built a house on top of a hill and the wind up here is fierce. I'm slightly concerned about the slates on the roof. They are the manmade slates. How strong would the wind need to be to blow my slates away? Should I do anything to protect against the wind?
    Thanks for any help.

    Have you little faith in the quality of slating workmanship on your roof, it sounds a little strange that you are worried that gusty weather would blow the slates off your house, especially on a newly built house?.

    If the slate's were lay in the correct manner by a competent roofer/slating contractor, and basic slating isn't a very technical demanding task, there shouldn't be any issue regarding the slate's being blow off the roof by anything other than storm force winds.

    Did you have an Chartered Engineer looking after the construction of the house, was there an issue with the slating?


  • #3
    session savage
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 869 ✭✭✭session savage


    No no, the workmanship is top class. its just that due to the geography of where my house was built the wind funnels upto the house. Even last week which wasnt too bad around the country blew the doors in on my shed (granted it was only an argos kit shed.) and it also rocked my car quite a bit (and thats a heavy passat). I guess its just new to me, living in a house thats so exposed to the elements.
    Thanks for your reply though.


  • #4
    DaireSVK
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭DaireSVK


    It wouldn't matter whether they were natural(real) slates or manmade as they both have the same surface area. If the slates arn't fitted yet and you are worried about them blowing off, I suggest you hook the bottom of them in addition to nailing both holes. If your slates are on the roof all you can hope for is that your roofer knew what he was doing!!!

    Hope this helps!?


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